2012 Event Publishers Penguin and Random House merge to become Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world 1990 Event NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players 1985 Event Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000 1971 Death Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 1952 Death Susan Peters, actress (Random Harvest), dies at 31 1941 Birthday Joni Evans, New York City, publisher, Simon and Schuster, Random House 1923 Birthday Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House 1921 Birthday Susan Peters, Spokane, Washington, actress, Random Harvest, Young Ideas 1898 Birthday Bennett Cerf, publisher, Random House, panelist, What's My Line 1771 Death Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50
